This morning after church we were happy to hear that 2 of the children in our younger children's class prayed to accept Christ. Also we have some special news of our own...After lunch this afternoon, Teddy was talking we us, and he prayed and asked the Lord to be his Savior too! He said, he wanted to do it to make sure. Please rejoice with us!
We had a great week. God has been working and blessing here. Yesterday was our monthly ladies meeting, and I had the opportunity of hosting it. 27 ladies showed up! I was very thankful that I had decided to make 2 cakes. A few ladies had told me that 1 cake should be plenty as they usually only had around 10 or 15. We were thrilled to have several new ladies, that have just been attending the church a short time, join us. Everyone seemed to have a great time.
Today is the vote to accept or reject the new constitution, In Ecuador voting is mandatory, and always on a Sunday, so we cut back on our services, and only had our 10:30 service. We still had a little over 60 and were thrilled with that! We also had 3 first time visitors.
This coming Friday we will be starting our first Ladies Bible Study Session. We are planning to have 3 different sessions during the year, with each session lasting 6 to 10 weeks. This first one, will be a 6 week study. I am doing something different this time too, as we have decided to offer it at 2 different times, to try and make it more available to the ladies. It has been exciting to see the response. 33 ladies have signed up, 17 for the evening session, and 16 for the afternoon session. Please be praying for this Bible Studies. We are also working on planning our "Ladies Day" the last Saturday in November. We were excited that we found a restaurant with a large meeting room, that was willing to give us the room for the whole day! They are only charging us $6 per person, and that includes the lunch. We are planning to start around 10:00am and go until 3:00pm. Everyone is very excited about the whole thing.
Pray with us, that we would have the energy and strength to keep up with all the opportunities the Lord opens for us. It is easy to get so "busy" doing the work, that you neglect the important things. God has been so very good to us. We are thankful for each blessing and each new door that he has opened before us. We are thankful too, for the great attitude of unity in our church and for the brothers and sisters in Christ who are growing and stepping up to take some of the load. Thank you for your prayers!
Praying God blesses each of you this week, as you walk with Him!
Joy
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